Former football star Van Sy Hung believes England will win EURO 2016

(Baonghean.vn) - Not Spain, nor Portugal or host France, but the "Three Lions" is the team that former national player Van Sy Hung hopes will be crowned champion at this year's EURO...

That is a really surprising comment from the former SLNA player because in this year's tournament, Coach Roy Hodgson's students have not really left much of an impression in their playing style. Both football expert Nguyen Thanh Vinh and sports journalists like Minh Hai of the Football newspaper do not rate the England team highly.

According to journalist Minh Hai, coach Roy Hodgson's roadmap to build the England national team is patchwork. Coach Roy Hodgson chooses the team based on performance like Rashford, or in the case of Vardy, no one thought he would have such a good season. The current England squad is the worst team of the Three Lions in the past 20 years.

Former football star Van Sy Hung believes in names like Rooney, Vardy or Harry Kane of the England team.

In the round of 16, England will face Iceland and in this match, former player Van Sy Hung believes in a victory for the foggy country: "It is really difficult to predict which pair will play in the final round of EURO this year, however, I believe that England will go deep because they have a very young squad and they can still show their true strength. As for Portugal, although Ronaldo and his teammates have eliminated Croatia, I still think they are not a strong team and will not be able to go further in this year's tournament", said the former striker of SLNA Club and the national team.

Next, former football star Van Sy Hung expressed his interest in the match between Spain and Italy in the round of 16 taking place on June 27.

“I think the Spain-Italy match will be the most worth-watching match at EURO this year. It is a confrontation between attacking football and a classy defense. Although they have good attacking power, Vicente del Bosque and his team will certainly encounter a tight, scientific defense system from the defensive experts of the Italian team. The 2006 World Cup champion will play defensive counter-attacks, that is for sure. As for Spain, the absence of captain Sergio Ramos in the upcoming knockout match will not affect their attacking ability because the playing style of the Spanish team is not like Italy.”

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